Crappie Dayz, Just my opinion only based on several years of crappie fishing. When the water gets cold, minnows are the ONLY way to go. I LOVE to jig fish and have for years, but hard to get a consistent pattern when the water temp drops below 45-50 degrees. But, a good tuffy minnow seems to always work during the colder temps. Lots of people use jigs, but tip the jig with a minnow. My thoughts is they are REALLY minnow fishing, but feel good they are also using a jig. When the water warms up, I fish jigs.